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I must be the odd man out .....

Tide liquid, hot water most of the time, no fabric softener. Coin toss at this point, our washing habits or a pos spider design. I vote for the latter. If it were made of stainless or straight aluminum, we wouldn't be having the discussion.
 
 
Sister's 2011 Samsung given to her by friends at just over 5 years (spider destroyed, completely infested with waxy softener residue) that I repaired in Feb 2016 threw a drain fault last week.  Pump ran, she opened the drain protector, not clogged.  I went there last Sat to investigate.

Found all the hoses involved in draining were much as 1/2 obstructed with residue.  Indeterminate if the spider is disintegrating again, I didn't disassemble that far.  It drained properly after I pulled and cleaned all the hoses.

The community water supply in her subdivision outside town is VERY BAD, heavy with mineral content and sediment.  She has a regularly soak faucet aerators in vinegar, so it could either be a direct cause of the residue or contributing to deterioration of the spider.  She does run too much cold water (contrary to my instructions) but the machine has a cleaning cycle that heats to 130°F which is run occasionally (probably not enough) with chlorine bleach, and she does add STPP with detergent.
 

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